My experience at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games was unique. Previously I was as a physical therapist in previous games, as well as a support staff member for the research team in Rio 2016. This Olympics was my first participation as an official member of the IOC Medical and Research Team.

This experience allowed to understand much more about the challenge to conduct an epidemiological study with elite athletes. We had a participation of more than 90% of countries participants of the Games, which means that around 3000 athletes were monitored during the Olympics.

Brazilian Bobsled Team

During the last days, I could follow the Brazilian bobsled pilot (Edson Bindilatti is on my left in the photo) during some training sessions and competitions. He was the brakeman of the Brazilian bobsled team in Salt Lake City 2002, and it was our first Olympics participation. At that time, I was the physical therapist of the Brazilian Team. It was a great pleasure to remember our first participation and reflect how our lives have changed during the last 16  years.